Last month, comedian-turned-actor-turned director Jordan Peele announced that he was quitting acting, preferring instead to focus on his career behind the camera after enjoying huge critical success with his feature directorial debut Get Out. Attending the Directors Guild of America Awards this past weekend, where he was honoured with the First Time Feature Award for Get […]
Shane Black’s The Predator to undergo two weeks of reshoots in March
Having originally been pushed back from its planned March 2nd release date to August, Shane Black’s The Predator is set to undergo a brief round of reshoots in Vancouver this March, with Black reassembling his cast for two weeks. Details on the reshoots are scarce, but there are a few unsubstantiated rumours – potentially pure […]
A Series of Unfortunate Events to end after three seasons
With its second season set to get underway next month, actor Neil Patrick Harris has revealed to Deadline that the Netflix adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events is to end next year. The news won’t be too surprising: the first season covered the first four instalments in the Daniel Handler-penned 13 book […]
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle set to become Dwayne Johnson’s biggest ever domestic hit
Although it came in for a lot of flak when the project was first announced, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has proven to be a firm favourite both with critics and audiences alike. This past weekend it topped the U.S. box office, becoming the first December release to hit #1 in February since James Cameron’s […]
Toby Kebbell to play Everton legend Dixie Dean in feature film biopic
Variety is reporting that Toby Kebbell is set to take on the role of legendary Everton and England footballer William Ralph ‘Dixie’ Dean in a biopic which is set to begin filming later this year. According tot he site, the movie will focus on his career – which included 349 goals in 399 games for […]
Luc Besson in talks for multi-picture deal with Netflix
Variety is reporting that Netflix is currently in talks with Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp, with the streaming service looking to sign a deal with the French filmmaker to have him produce and direct a number of movies over the next few years. According to the site, the deal would encompass a number of Netflix Original movies, […]
Elisabeth Moss reteams with Alex Ross Perry for Her Smell
Deadline is reporting that Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale) is reteaming with her Queen of Earth director Alex Ross Perry for Her Smell. The film will see Moss as Becky Something, “a maniacally destructive punk rock star who pushes her relationships with bandmates, family and followers to the limit as […]
Coco passes $700 million at the worldwide box office
Fresh from its success at the 2018 Annie Awards where it took home eleven gongs, Disney-Pixar’s latest animated feature Coco has now hit a new box office milestone, with the film passing $700 million worldwide. Coco has grossed $204.6 million domestically, with a further $496.3 million from international markets, for $700.9 million to date. That […]
Octavia Spencer joins Blumhouse’s Ma
THR is reporting that Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water) is set to join Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast) and Juliette Lewis (Secrets and Lies) in the cast of the new Blumhouse Productions thriller Ma. The film will reunite Spencer with The Help director Tate Taylor, who is helming from a script by Scott […]
See three generations of Shaft as filming kicks off on the reboot
With production on the Shaft sequel/reboot Son of Shaft now underway, a cast photo has arrived online which features Isaac Hayes III, the grandson of the music legend behind the theme from the 1971 original, alongside three generations of Shaft – the original John Shaft (Richard Roundtree), his nephew John Shaft II (Samuel L. Jackson), […]
